celerity

celerity — celerity, alacrity, legerity are comparable when they are used in reference to human beings and denote quickness in movement or action. Celerity stresses speed in moving or especially in accomplishing work {she could, when she chose, work with… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

Celerity — can refer to: *Speed, quickness. *Celerity BBS, a computer Bulletin Board System popular in the 1990 s *Celerity, a power of supernatural quickness possessed by vampires in the roleplaying games and Vampire: The Masquerade *The speed of… …   Wikipedia

Celerity — Ce*ler i*ty, n. [L. celeritas, from celer swiftm speedy: sf. F. c[ e]l[ e]rit[ e].] Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness. [1913 Webster] Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight. Johnson.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

celerity — index dispatch (promptness), haste Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

celerity — late 15c., from M.Fr. célérité (14c.), from L. celeritatem (nom. celeritas) swiftness, from celer swift, from possible PIE root *kel to drive, set in swift motion (Cf. Skt. carati goes, Gk. keles fast horse or ship, keleuthos journey, road, Lith …   Etymology dictionary

celerity — [n] swiftness alacrity, briskness, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, gait, haste, hurry, hustle, legerity, promptness, quickness, rapidity, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity, vivacity; concept 755 Ant. slowness, sluggishness …   New thesaurus

celerity — ► NOUN archaic or literary ▪ swiftness of movement. ORIGIN Latin celeritas, from celer swift …   English terms dictionary

celerity — [sə ler′i tē] n. [Fr célérité < L celeritas < celer, swift: see HOLD1] swiftness in acting or moving; speed …   English World dictionary

celerity — noun a) Speed. disposing of the parsnip wine with a celerity which might have been due to eagerness but, to Harriett, rather suggested a reluctance to let the draught linger on the palate. mdash; b) The speed of individual waves (as opposed to… …   Wiktionary

celerity — noun Etymology: Middle English celerite, from Anglo French, from Latin celeritat , celeritas, from celer swift more at hold Date: 15th century rapidity of motion or action …   New Collegiate Dictionary

celerity — /seuh ler i tee/, n. swiftness; speed. [1480 90; earlier celerite < MF < L celeritas, equiv. to celer swift + itas ITY] Syn. alacrity, dispatch, briskness. See speed. * * * …   Universalium